Quotes About Improvise

Before I was a mother, when I played characters that were mothers, I used my imagination, of course.

Make it work

Growing up in a family is a lot like stepping onto that stage in which everyone is ad-libbing. You have a part to play, but it's difficult to say at first exactly what it is because no one receives a script at birth. So you spend years figuring out what your role is without stepping on anyone else's toes.

Plan B?' Ivy said. 'What is plan B?' Jenks reddened. 'Grab the fish and run like hell,' he muttered, and I almost giggled.

What is the use of having an imagination if you can't make it work for you?

I quote fictional characters, because I'm a fictional character myself!

Learning how to improvise really awakened my interest in music.

Humanity's gift to the universe. Duct Tape.

I was away in France, as I was studying French and German, and a friend of mine bumped into a guy called Richard Curtis, who was producing the Oxford Revue that year. Two people had dropped out and he asked me to step in.

For the Oscars, I had a speech in my hand, and I just knew if I opened the piece of paper, I was going to be unable to read it. So I just thought, 'I'm going to say, as coherently as I can, whatever I can.'

Jazz ist für diejenigen, die dabei sein wollen, wenn ein Wunder passiert.

Always when I write my music, I take my guitar, and I improvise always with a melody, you know, lyrics in Spanish. But sometimes I use some words in English. I don't know why. Maybe because I listen to a lot of music in English.

Ever since I was little, I would just make stories up in my mind. It was based on people I saw in the street or someone I would talk to, or I would hear a specific voice.

With 'True Grit,' the language was very specific, as is Shakespeare. You couldn't really improvise, nor would you really ever have to. I never felt the need to. It was all so beautifully written, and it was all right there.

Spielberg knows his craft so well, he can also improvise, and that is a lot of fun.

As long as the world keeps spinning, I'll keep riffing.

I'm not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.

Well, being a jazz musician is not a rose garden!

I don't really know how to act that much. I'm quite good at comedy, but it's mostly acting naturally.

Eduardo started a fire, made a pot of ersatz

Basketball isn't a game; it's an art form. You master the fundamentals so you can forget 'em, so you can improvise and just concentrate on what really matters; getting buckets.

When actors encounter a mishap during a stage performance, they transform it for good purpose by employing a technique called, "use the difficulty." How can you "use the difficulty" in your life?

I never planned my career. I never planned to be president of Harvard. People would have thought I was crazy, probably, at the age of 8 or 10 or 20, if I had said that. So what I would say to people planning their careers is to be ready to improvise. Be ready to follow up on opportunities as they unfold.

Unfortunately, when you're an actor you have to act. It's not like you can sit in your living room, your bedroom, your study or whatever and act with yourself. It requires having somebody to respond to.